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Exploring the role of finance in driving circular economy and sustainable business practices
No full textThe existing economic system is mainly founded on a linear approach to gaining capital, including mining natural resources, manufacturing, consumption, and disposal. Despite the increasing attention given to the Circular Economy (CE), currently, scholarly analysis is absent into the function of finance and the prospective utility of financial developments in expediting the adoption of CE principles. Through a systematic literature review (SLR), this research aims to present a comprehensive understanding of the nexus between finance and the CE, emphasising how financial innovations can accelerate the transition towards CE. Considering 150 articles, it was found that financial innovation is a powerful driver for the transition towards a CE. Indeed, financial innovation enables organisations to integrate CE principles and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) elements into their strategic decision-making. This research unveils the need for more research and innovation in the financial sector to develop advanced financial instruments and mechanisms that can support CE acceleration. The acceleration of the global transition towards a sustainable, resource-efficient, and resilient economic model that benefits enterprises and society can be facilitated by promoting financial innovations. The analysis is grounded on the idea of CE as based on the tenets of designing out waste and pollution, keeping materials and resources in use, and regenerating natural systems. It turns out that CE is affected by a variety of factors with a final result of positive impact on the environment and society: green bonds, green loans, and finance; pay-for-performance and results-based financing mechanisms; specialised financing solution/CE-focused funds and investment strategies; and fintech in driving the CE. Finally, this study further provides new insights into the role of fintech, AI, and ML in advancing circular finance and scrutinising the hurdles and barriers to implementing circular finance practices
Over-the-counter medication usage and knowledge of anti-doping in English football league players: a questionnaire-based study
Full text linkIntroducción: Los atletas profesionales muestran insuficiente conocimiento
sobre el uso de medicamentos de venta libre (MVL) y las sanciones por dopaje.
A la fecha, no hay literatura publicada que describa el uso de MVL en
futbolistas. El objetivo del estudio fue describir el uso de MVL y los
conocimientos de los futbolistas sobre el antidopaje en la liga de fútbol inglesa
(EFL). Métodos: Estudio transversal a futbolistas de tres equipos profesionales
de la EFL. El conocimiento de antidopaje y uso de MVL se evaluó con 12 y 6
preguntas respectivamente. Resultados: 57 futbolistas completaron el
cuestionario. El 47% de los jugadores utilizó MVL durante la temporada. Los
medicamentos utilizados con mayor frecuencia fueron analgésicos (38%) y
antiinflamatorios (24%). Las farmacias fueron el lugar más común donde los
jugadores obtuvieron MVL (44%). Solo el 32% de los participantes informó
buscar asesoramiento antes del uso de medicamentos y verificaba ingredientes
previo al consumo. Se encontró un coeficiente de correlación positivo
moderado (r = 0,46, p <0,01) entre el número de respuestas correctas en
preguntas de antidopaje y mayor cautela con respecto al uso de MVL.
Conclusión: Los futbolistas que demostraron mayor conocimiento de antidopaje
fueron más cautelosos con el uso de MVL.Introduction: Professional athletes demonstrate limited understanding and
awareness about using over the counter medications (OTC) and doping sanctions.
This situation puts them at risk of taking banned substances. To date, there is no
published literature exploring OTC usage in footballers. The aim of the study was to
describe the use of OTC medication and footballer’s knowledge of anti-doping in the
English football league (EFL). Methods: a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional
study was carried out on members from three professional teams in the EFL.
Footballers age 17 or older were included in the study. Players decided to participate
voluntarily and informed consent was uphold. Knowledge of anti-doping and usage
of OTC medication was assessed with 12 and 6 close-ended questions respectively.
Results: 57 footballers completed the questionnaire, with a mean age of 21 years.
The highest level of education achievement was GCSE level in 84% of participants.
OTC medication was used by 47% of players during the season. The most frequent
medications used were painkillers (38%) and non-steroid anti-inflammatories (24%).
Pharmacies were the most common source were players obtained OTC medications (44%). Only 32% of participants reported looking for advice prior medication use
and 33% checked their ingredients prior consumption. On average, the number of
anti-doping questions answered correctly was 7.7 out of 12. A moderate positive
correlation coefficient (r=0.46, p<0.01) between number of correct answers in antidoping
questions and greater caution regarding OTC medicines use was found. Conclusion: Footballers who demonstrated more anti-doping knowledge were more
cautious towards OTC medication usage. Promoting knowledge by understanding
the risks and doping penalties due to OTC medication use can improve the decisionmaking
of footballers.Tesi
Green finance in circular economy: a literature review
No full textDeveloping markets are using sustainable development potential to reach zero-carbon goals. Due to the limitation of natural resources, companies need to use environmentally friendly manufacturing to develop a circular economy (CE). Green finance (GF) and the CE are linked in a systematic and complex approach; therefore, it was essential to employ the coupling coordination-level framework to explain their relationship and feedback. Any study linking green financing and CE together has been found. The objective of this research is to explore this twofold domain and determine its main characteristics. To address this objective, a comprehensive review of the literature was conducted, supplemented by a bibliometric analysis. The results confirm that GF has the potential to help society, sustainability, and the prevention to climate shifts, investing in the CE. There are many hurdles to overcome, including inadequate knowledge about CE and GF, ambiguous definitions, a lack of coherence between legal frameworks on CE and green financing, unclear laws, and a lack of financially viable motivation for investors and financial institutions that are ready to promote in sustainability. This study explores CE and GF domains. Managers may readily increase their understanding of methods, strategies, and technical solutions beneficial to assist their operations toward a green economy depending on various CE and GF elements. Finally, based on a categorization of GF types, the assessment identifies future investment potential consequences of green financing in the CE
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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